1992_Ukrainian_Premier_League

1992 Vyshcha Liha

1992 Vyshcha Liha

1st season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha


1992 Vyshcha Liha (Ukrainian: Чемпіонат серед команд вищої ліги) was the first football championship organized in Ukraine after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and officially recognized by the UEFA. The last Soviet season finished in fall of 1991.

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

The Football Federation of Ukraine when organizing the competition decided to shift its calendar to synchronize it with one common in Europe "fall-spring" and organized a short championship.

The first two games of the Round 1 took place on 6 March 1992 in Odesa where local Chornomorets was hosting Karpaty, and Mykolaiv where local Evis was playing against the visiting Temp.

Teams and organization

League's formation and issues

Composition

The league and its calendar were adopted at the FFU Executive Committee session on 10 September 1991[1] with the ongoing 1991 season of the All-Soviet football competitions. It was established that the new league will consist of 20 teams divided in two groups.[1] Six clubs (last three from each group) were set to be relegated and replaced with two best from the First League, thus reducing the league for the next season to 16. Winners of both groups were to play against one another for the national title. The league's final was originally planned to consist of two games (home and away), but later due to scheduling of the Ukraine national football team's games it was changed to one on a neutral field.[1]

To the league were included all Ukrainian clubs of the 1991 Soviet Top and First leagues (8 clubs), nine of eleven Ukrainian clubs out the 1991 Soviet Second League (all of them competed in the west zone), the two best teams of the 1991 Soviet Second (lower) League and the winner of the Ukrainian Cup.[1] The FFU president Viktor Bannikov was against to include the Ukrainian Cup winner into the top league.[1]

There were opponents of organization of the championship among the most notable was FC Metalurh Zaporizhya.[1] The FC Metalist Kharkiv was against with the condition if they would be relegated from the 1991 Soviet Top League.[1] Also against the championship was Yevhen Kucherevskyi[1] (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, one of few Ukrainian coaches who managed to win the Soviet Top League).

There were plenty of alternative proposition on the composition and the season's calendar among which from the president of Prykarpattia Anatoliy Revutskyi and the head coach of Temp Ishtvan Sekech.[1]

Calendar

The championship started on March 6, about a month later after the qualification rounds of another national tournament, the first edition of Ukrainian Cup. The first half of the season was scheduled to finish on April 19 with the second one to resume on April 25 (6 days intermission). The last round was to be played on June 17.

Considering such a schedule and the fact that the Ukrainian Cup competition was on the way simultaneously, the Ukrainian clubs had to forfeit their scheduled games in the Soviet Cup competition. In addition to that Dynamo Kyiv also participated in the Champions League competition which ended for Dynamo only on April 15. Each team this season had at least two games scheduled every week on average.

Considering other official games (outside of the league), FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia and FC Dynamo Kyiv has played the record of 26 games from February 18 through June 21 and the most among the other clubs in the League.

Location of teams

Locations of teams home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 1992

Qualified teams

Note:

Clubs' name changes

  • Zorya-MALS Luhansk before the season carried name Zorya Luhansk. Name extension was provided for sponsorship reasons.
  • Evis Mykolaiv before the season carried name Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv.
  • SC Odesa changed its name from SKA Odesa on May 5, 1992, due to restructuring of the Odesa Military District and Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Stadiums

More information Rank, Stadium ...

Managerial changes

Managerial changes approximated

More information Team, Outgoing head coach ...

First stage

Qualified teams

Tavriya SimferopolDynamo KyivChornomorets Odessa

Group A final standings

More information Pos, Team ...
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
More information Home \ Away, CHO ...
Source: uafootball.net.ua
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Notes:

    More information Team ╲ Round, Chornomorets Odesa ...
    Source: Aleksey Kobyzev's Web-Site (in Russian)

    Group B final standings

    More information Pos, Team ...
    Source: [citation needed]
    Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference
    (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
    More information Home \ Away, BUK ...
    Source: uafootball.net.ua
    Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Notes:

      More information Team ╲ Round, Bukovyna Chernivtsi ...
      Source: Aleksey Kobyzev's Web-Site (in Russian)

      Second stage

      Championship playoff

      More information SC Tavriya Simferopol, 1 – 0 ...
      Attendance: 36,000[3]

      MATCH OFFICIALS

      • Assistant referees:

      MATCH RULES

      • 90 minutes.
      • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
      • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
      • Seven named substitutes
      • Maximum of 3 substitutions.

      Tavriya Simferopol qualified for 1992–93 European Cup Preliminary round and Dynamo Kyiv qualified for 1992–93 UEFA Cup First round.

      Third place playoff

      More information Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, 3 – 2 ...
      Attendance: 3,000
      Referee: Tukhovsky (Simferopol)

      Season statistics

      Top scorers

      Clean sheets

      Hat-tricks

      Notes:

      • (*) Asterisk identifies players who scored four goals (poker).

      Medal squads

      (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

      1. SC Tavria Simferopol
      Goalkeepers: Oleh Kolesov (19 / -9), Russia Dmitriy Gulenkov (1).

      Defenders: Mykola Turchynenko (19), Oleksandr Holovko (18), Ihor Volkov (17 / 1), Lithuania Vidmantas Vyšniauskas (15), Russia Yuriy Getikov (14), Sefer Alibayev (9), Serhiy Voronezhsky (7), Russia Dmitriy Smirnov (5).
      Midfielders: Andriy Oparin (19 / 1), Vladislav Novikov (18 / 1), Yuriy Mikhailus (2), Oleksandr Kundenok (2), Serhiy Yesin (1).
      Forwards: Russia Sergei Gladyshev (19 / 6), Yuriy Hudymenko (18 / 12), Serhiy Shevchenko (18 / 8), Uzbekistan Sergey Andreev (15 / 2), Toliat Sheykhametov (7), Russia Marat Mulashev (2).

      Manager: Anatoliy Zayayev.

      Transferred out during the season: Marat Mulashev (to Russia Rubin Kazan), Oleksandr Kundenok (to Polissya Zhytomyr).

      2. FC Dynamo Kyiv
      Goalkeepers: Lithuania Valdemaras Martinkėnas (10 / -7), Ihor Kutepov (9 / -7).

      Defenders: Andriy Annenkov (17), Serhiy Zayets (15 / 1), Anatoliy Bezsmertny (14), Oleh Luzhnyi (13 / 2), Serhiy Shmatovalenko (9), Akhrik Tsveyba (9), Lithuania Gintaras Kvitkauskas (6), Armenia Ervand Sukiasian (5 / 2), Russia Andrey Aleksanenkov (2).
      Midfielders: Volodymyr Sharan (19 / 2), Yuriy Moroz (19), Stepan Betsa (14 / 1), Pavlo Yakovenko (12 / 1), Oleh Volotek (11 / 2), Serhiy Kovalets (12 / 1).
      Forwards: Oleh Salenko (16 / 7), Yuriy Hritsyna (13 / 7), Oleh Matveyev (10 / 1), Russia Valeriy Yesipov (6), Viktor Leonenko (5 / 3).

      Manager: Anatoliy Puzach.

      Transferred out during the season: ?.

      3. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
      Goalkeepers: Valeriy Horodov (19 / -17), Mykola Medin.

      Defenders: Serhiy Diriavka (17), Volodymyr Horily (17), Volodymyr Bahmut (14 / 3), Serhiy Bezhenar (9 / 2), Serhiy Mamchur (9), Andriy Yudin (8).
      Midfielders: Andriy Polunin (17 / 2), Russia Oleksandr Zakharov (17 / 2), Yevhen Pokhlebayev (16), Oleksiy Sasko (16), Yuriy Maksymov (14 / 3), Vadym Tyshchenko (13 / 2), Dmytro Mykhailenko (1), Oleksandr Omelchuk (1).
      Forwards: Valentyn Moskvin (19 / 3), Serhiy Konovalov (14 / 5), Serhiy Dumenko (7 / 4), Oleksandr Palianytsia (7 / 1), Russia Vladimir Lebed (7 / 1), Oleksandr Tiehayev (2).

      Manager: Yevhen Kucherevsky (until March 15 (3 games)), Mykola Pavlov (since March 15 (15 games)).

      Transferred out during the season: Russia Vladimir Lebed (to Krystal Kherson).

      Note: Players in italic are whose playing position is uncertain.

      See also


      References

      1. Spartak Moscow qualified for the CWC releasing their UEFA Cup spot.
      2. "Historical protocol" (in Russian). Kobyzev, Aleksey. 2006-05-31. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
      3. 20 years Tavria became the first champion of Ukraine. SK Tavria press release. June 21, 2012. (photos)
      4. "Hat-tricks". uafootball.net. 4 April 1992. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
      5. "Hat-tricks". uafootball.net. 28 April 1992. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
      6. "Hat-tricks". uafootball.net. 3 June 1992. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
      7. "Hat-tricks". uafootball.net. 9 June 1992. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
      8. "Hat-tricks". uafootball.net. 17 June 1992. Retrieved 7 September 2014.

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